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Really absorbed in the reading, I did not notice a curtain had been strung up around me to give me quiet and privacy while I studied. Only one opening was left, making it clear where to go next - although in a tent one always could "duck under" the walls, maybe.
No sooner than I had peeked into the room and a cheerful young man greeted me and welcomed me to the table by which he stood.
Wow! This tent did not look this big from the outside!" A woman just inside the entrance turned to greet me with an inquiring look. "I'm sorry, I must have said that out loud - but it is kind of a shocker."
"It's all right," she reassured me. "Many people have that kind of reaction. These events are about Game-Based Learning. People have an image in their mind of kids playing Monopoly, or another favorite casual game in the classroom. While that could possibly happen, game-based learning is far more than that once you get 'inside'. A lot of people are very surprised."
Perhaps you could use a bit of an introduction to game based learning - and a chance to see gamification in action. (Yes, we will distinguish gamification from games and simulations soon.)
Take a look in Kapp's The Gamification of Learning and Instruction, pages 2-6, Kindle locations 634-712 (down to "What is a Game.") When you read or watch a video, usually that is for content acquisition. We call that a "pilgrimage" because in a way you are "traveling" to hear the words of a guru. In your Adventurer's Log, back in the Great Room of the Guild Hall, you will find a Discussion Tab for you to record up to 5 points you note here - to get up to 5 XP for this Pilgrimage. The title for this Pilgrimage is "Introduction."
I glanced down at my book. When I looked up again, the woman was gone!
Really absorbed in the reading, I did not notice a curtain had been strung up around me to give me quiet and privacy while I studied. Only one opening was left, making it clear where to go next - although in a tent one always could "duck under" the walls, maybe.
No sooner than I had peeked into the room and a cheerful young man greeted me and welcomed me to the table by which he stood.
"It's all right," she reassured me. "Many people have that kind of reaction. These events are about Game-Based Learning. People have an image in their mind of kids playing Monopoly, or another favorite casual game in the classroom. While that could possibly happen, game-based learning is far more than that once you get 'inside'. A lot of people are very surprised."
Perhaps you could use a bit of an introduction to game based learning - and a chance to see gamification in action. (Yes, we will distinguish gamification from games and simulations soon.)
Take a look in Kapp's The Gamification of Learning and Instruction, pages 2-6, Kindle locations 634-712 (down to "What is a Game.") When you read or watch a video, usually that is for content acquisition. We call that a "pilgrimage" because in a way you are "traveling" to hear the words of a guru. In your Adventurer's Log, back in the Great Room of the Guild Hall, you will find a Discussion Tab for you to record up to 5 points you note here - to get up to 5 XP for this Pilgrimage. The title for this Pilgrimage is "Introduction."
I glanced down at my book. When I looked up again, the woman was gone!